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AllieH · Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

I have started a small real estate consulting company, I furnish houses to maximize their selling value or advise homeowners how to best renovate, decorate, and furnish their homes themselves to be more competitive in the real estate market. My name is Penny Holmes and have played around with the idea of using one or both of my names in the company name. Maybe a play on Holmes/Home? Other keywords Real Estate, Advisor/Advantage, Consultant... something professional but creative. Thank you so much for your help!

taylorsanswers · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2

How about you names it Holmes Homes.Creative,but you.And it goes along great.As in:1.Holmes,your last name2.Homes;you help furnish,and advise homes!!

ownlyanangel · Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 5

Here some that I can come up with....Penny for your Home (corny, I know).Holmes Home Consulting Firm Penny Lane Real Estate Consulting (I love the beatles, lol)Actually, I REALLY like the first one the best, its corny, but its also catchy and unique and I think its a name of a business that can catch on easy with the public.

OpenBookAdvisors · Joined: 07 Dec 2003 Posts: 3

everyone likes to use their names but it says nothing about what you do.The words you need to play with are 'image' related words. Words related to your subject but that evokes a feeling.Start by making an exhaustive list of descriptive words relating to HomeStagingMarketingetcThink of what you want your clients to think of when they hear the words. (They should clearly think "this biz will help me to get more for my home") Obviously it needs HOme in it.You are consulting not necessarily doing. Consulting as opposed to Marketing only. So it needs to say Consultants or Advisors...........The trick is finding the word that describes the perfect home and invokes a feeling for the purpose of selling. Then maybe using a logo with it can do the invoking part of the purpose...to sell. For exampleL- SOLD! (maybe a cute signage logo with sold in it.)BN - YOUR MODEL HOME TL - advising, staging & marketing for results.Logo + Biz Name + Tag LineJust an example off the cuff...........your lsit of words would help you narrow it down.I stage even my rentals - It works! People make choices emotionally not logically.Good Luck

ynot · Joined: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 2

Invite over ten of your best friends to a party at your house (make sure there are designated drivers) and once they've had a glass or two of wine, tell them that you invited them over to help you get a name for your real estate consulting company. You'll be surprised at what they can come up with once they've loosened up.Good Luck

PatriciaC · Joined: 21 Dec 2003 Posts: 8

How about Penny Holmes Realty MaximizersPenny Holmes Realty ConsultantsHolmes Advantage or Holmes Realty AdvantageI like the idea of using your first and last name because it implies that you aren't going to price gouge them (i.e. Penny), spelling wise most will not recognize the spoken difference between Holmes & homes, and adding something to the end gives a more descriptive meaning to what you do. Nice to have an acronym for your business also (i.e. PHRC or PHRM).Good luck!

CHRISC · Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 5

PENNY,I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO START DOING IS CALLED HOME STAGING. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO NOT PLAY WITH WORDS AND JUST BE AS DIRECT WITH THE NAME AS POSSIBLE. IT WILL BETTER ENABLE YOU TO GET HITS ON A WEB SIGHT AND BETTER SEARCH RESULTS ON THE BIG SEARCH ENGINES.